Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROBERT HICKS, an individual, and on No. 2:24-cv-00911-DJC-AC behalf of others similarly situated and aggrieved, 13 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL

ARBITRATION

v. UTILIQUEST, LLC, a Georgia Limited Liability Company; DYCOM 17 INDUSTRIES, INC., a Florida corporation; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 19 Defendants. 20 21 Plaintiff Robert Hicks brings a putative class action complaint against Utiliquest, LLC and Dycom Industries, Inc., along with 50 Doe Defendants (together, “Defendants”), for various violations of California’s Labor Code, including meal and rest break claims and overtime and reimbursement claims. In addition, Plaintiff brings a representative action under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), codified at California Labor Code section 2698, et seq. Defendants move to enforce the arbitration clause and the class or collective action waiver contained in an agreement Plaintiff signed as a condition of employment with Defendants. …